Hermann Recknagel

Hermann Recknagel (18 July 1892-23 January 1945) was a General der Infanterie of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Hermann Recknagel was born on 18 July 1892 in Hofgeismar, Hesse, German Empire. Recknagel served in World War I after joining the Imperial German Army in 1914, and he commanded the German 54th Infantry Regiment during the early stages of World War II, including the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940. Recknagel led the German XXXXII Army Corps in the war with the Soviet Union, including Operation Barbarossa and the Vistula-Oder Offensive, and on 23 January 1945 he was was shot by Polish partisans near Piotrkow Tryubunalski in Poland.